Nervous System Quiz 965 (20 MCQs)

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1. What helps in walking without jerkiness in our body?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord.

2. The brain can become ..... to a maintained stimulus such as the feel of clothing on the skin, persistent odors, ongoing sounds, etc.

Correct Answer: B) Less responsive.

3. Separates the Frontal from the Parietal Lobes

Correct Answer: B) Central Sulcus.

4. Which layer of the meninges is the one closest to the skull?

Correct Answer: A) Dura mater.

5. Which can be positive or negative?

Correct Answer: B) Graded potential.

6. What system can be represented as the frame of a house?

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

7. Food does not pass through which of the following?

Correct Answer: B) Liver.

8. Brain and spinal cord are part of your ..... nervous system.

Correct Answer: A) CNS.

9. Parasympathetic nervous system calms the body to maintain energy

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. Sensory nerves get messages from the .....

Correct Answer: B) Sense organs.

11. Which part send signals to the brain?

Correct Answer: A) Inner ear.

12. During accomodation, if ciliary muscles contract up close, what do they do accomodating objects far away?

Correct Answer: B) Relax.

13. Nociceptors respond to:

Correct Answer: C) Pain from tissue damage.

14. Which of these two is a voluntary?

Correct Answer: B) Reaction.

15. What neurotransmitter is known as the "happy hormone" ?

Correct Answer: B) Dopamine.

16. The transparent lens in the human eye is held in its place by .....

Correct Answer: C) Ligaments attached to the ciliary body.

17. "Fight or flight" behavior is associated with:

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic.

18. Which of the following best describe how the nervous system works with other systems in the body?

Correct Answer: A) Stimulates organs and other body parts to perform their functions.

19. Moving your hand when you touch a cactus (stimulus).

Correct Answer: A) INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.

20. The message traveling IN a neuron is what type of signal?

Correct Answer: A) Electrical.